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Old 01-25-2022, 09:23 PM   #48
cianuro
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Chapter/Region: PRSIC
Location: Puerto Rico
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2008 WRX
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Update... relay not the issue. Got a stall this morning, but there was a difference. Since it happened while in motion, at about 30mph in 3rd gear I think, I pumped the clutch as if I was trying a roll push-start, and the engine came back ON. Could be coincidence that I pumped the clutch at the right moment, so I'll be trying that again when I get another stall.

On a side note, I posted about this issue in several forums trying to find someone with some insight into this. As I was reading through one of my threads, I wrote about being able to recreate the issue with the car standing still if I removed the Ignition relay from the relay block below the glove box and turning the key to the ON position. I don't remember if I got around replacing this relay because around the time I posted this, my throw out bearing blew to pieces and I had to park the car. Then came COVID and everything went to sheet.

From what I can gather by reading my own threads, I don't think I got around replacing it, so that's another thing I'll pull from the Forester, then plug my relay into it to see if the issue transfers to the Forester.

So far, what I can gather is this... When I drive the car peacefully, no wot or hard accelerations, the issue will not come up. If I go wot, the issue can happen during wot, or a while after the wot was performed. Knowing this, posts mentioning the alternator now sound more feasible as the alt runs faster when I accelerate. I'll start with the relay as it is the easiest, then move on to the alt...
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